{"id":27600,"library":"awslabs-memcached-mcp-server","title":"AWS Labs Memcached MCP Server","description":"An AWS Labs Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Amazon ElastiCache Memcached. Current version 1.0.18, requires Python >=3.10. Provides tools to interact with Memcached via MCP. Active development with frequent releases.","status":"active","version":"1.0.18","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/awslabs/memcached-mcp-server","tags":["mcp","memcached","aws","elasticache"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install awslabs-memcached-mcp-server","lang":"bash","label":"PyPI install"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"MCP protocol implementation","package":"mcp","optional":false},{"reason":"Memcached client library","package":"pymemcache","optional":false},{"reason":"AWS SDK for ElastiCache","package":"boto3","optional":true}],"imports":[{"note":"Package is installed as memcached_mcp_server, not awslabs- prefixed","wrong":"from awslabs_memcached_mcp_server import main","symbol":"main","correct":"from memcached_mcp_server import main"},{"note":"","wrong":"","symbol":"MemcachedMCPServer","correct":"from memcached_mcp_server.server import MemcachedMCPServer"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from memcached_mcp_server import main\nfrom dotenv import load_dotenv\nimport os\n\nload_dotenv()\n# Set endpoint via env var or parameter\nos.environ.get('MEMCACHED_ENDPOINT', 'localhost:11211')\nmain()","lang":"python","description":"Run the MCP server with Memcached endpoint from environment variable MEMCACHED_ENDPOINT (default localhost:11211)."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Use `import memcached_mcp_server` or `from memcached_mcp_server import main`.","message":"The package is named `awslabs-memcached-mcp-server` on PyPI but the import path is `memcached_mcp_server`. Using dashes in imports will fail.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Upgrade Python to 3.10 or later.","message":"Requires Python >=3.10. Running on older Python will cause installation failure.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Set MEMCACHED_ENDPOINT env var to your ElastiCache endpoint, or pass it as a parameter to main().","message":"Default endpoint is localhost:11211; does not automatically discover AWS ElastiCache clusters unless configured via environment variables.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-09T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-08-07T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Use `import memcached_mcp_server` (underscores, no 'awslabs-' prefix).","cause":"Trying to import using the PyPI name with dashes.","error":"ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'awslabs_memcached_mcp_server'"},{"fix":"Ensure version >=1.0.18 and use: `from memcached_mcp_server import main`.","cause":"Outdated version or wrong import statement.","error":"ImportError: cannot import name 'main' from 'memcached_mcp_server'"},{"fix":"Create a fresh virtual environment and reinstall: `pip install awslabs-memcached-mcp-server`.","cause":"Conflicting MCP package version in environment.","error":"pkg_resources.VersionConflict: mcp 0.x.x does not satisfy 1.x.x"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}